Tribological behavior of oils additised with a phosphonium-derived ionic liquid compared to a commercial oil

Marlene Bartolomé Sáez received her BSc in Maritime Studies in the University of Oviedo, Spain in 2003. From 2003 to 2010, she worked as an Officer on watch in tankers vessels. From 2013 to now, she teaches and researches studies at the Department of Nautical Science and Technology of the University of Oviedo (Spain). She obtained her PhD for this university in 2016. She has published more than 20 research works in international journals and conferences. Her research area is the use of ILs in lubricants.

Antolin E. Hernández Battez received his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cienfuegos (Cuba) in 1996. He worked as a Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Cienfuegos between 1996 and 1998. He teaches and researches studies at the University of Oviedo (Spain) since 2001 and received his PhD from this university in 2002. He is a Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 2019 and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Bournemouth University (UK) since 2009. Professor Hernández has published more than 120 research works in international journals and conferences.

Jorge Espina Casado has completed his PhD in Analytical Chemistry at the age of 36 years from the University of Oviedo. He worked as a Technician of the Electron and Vibrational Spectroscopy unit at Scientific and Technical Services from University of Oviedo. He has published more than three papers in reputed journals.

José L. Viesca Rodríguez is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Oviedo (Spain) from 2004. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Bournemouth University (UK) from 2009. He has received his MS and PhD degrees in Mining Engineering from University of Vigo and University of Oviedo, Spain, in 2000 and 2007, respectively. Subsequently, he also obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and an MBA from the University of Oviedo.

Alfonso Fernández-González got his BSc in Analytical Chemistry in 1997 and his MSc in 1999, both at the University of Oviedo, Spain. He obtained his PhD in Analytical chemistry in 2003 in the same university and performed a postdoctoral stay in the University of Technology of Dresden, Germany, working in Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging. Later on, he worked in the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid and returned to the Universidad of Oviedo where he is actually an Assistant Lecturer. His research topics cover XPS, surface analysis, carbon dots, luminescence and sensors.

Rubén González Rodríguez received his BSc in Marine Engineering in 2000 and obtained his PhD in 2007 from the University of Oviedo (Spain). From 2006 to 2010, he taught and researched at the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering of the University of Oviedo (Spain). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nautical Science and Technology of the University of Oviedo (Spain). He is also a Senior Visiting Research Fellow in Bournemouth University (UK) from 2009. His research areas cover coatings (thermal spray and laser cladding) and the use of ILs and nanoparticles in lubricants.